Compensatory effects in the establishment of spontaneous polarization in ferroelectric liquid crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 7816-7821

  Cherkaoui, Mohammed Zoubair ^a   Nicoud, Jean François ^a   Galerne, Yves ^a   Guillon, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CALCULATIONS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANISOTROPIC DISTRIBUTION; ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS; COMPENSATORY EFFECTS; ELECTROOPTICAL PROPERTIES; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; HOMOLOGOUS SERIES; ORIENTATIONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATIONS;

CHAINS; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ALIPHATIC CHAIN LENGTH; ALKYL SULFINATES; DILUTION; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TILT ANGLES;

EID: 0031559342     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.473739     Document Type: Article

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